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Bill	IMPOUNDMENT-LARGE ANIMALS	Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides for the on-site impoundment of horses and other large domesticated animals by an animal control facility in cases where the animals are being hoarded. Provides that the animal control facility may provide care for the animals at the site pursuant to a court order. Effective immediately.	us/states/il	Illinois General Assembly	99th	SB 1735	Illinois SB 1735 (99th)	bill		enacted		3	34	2	2015-02-20	2015-08-07	openstates	ocd-bill/fb2c14d7-4f94-4ff1-bcf7-c5bc785d2ea7	http://ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1735&GAID=13&DocTypeID=SB&LegId=88483&SessionID=88&GA=99	7e67c6add5a4899225f2811f55a37e1ca4130be46fcbe8e91ebadb4f1808a5ae	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-il

Illinois SB 1735 (99th) — IMPOUNDMENT-LARGE ANIMALS

Amends the Animal Welfare Act. Provides for the on-site impoundment of horses and other large domesticated animals by an animal control facility in cases where the animals are being hoarded. Provides that the animal control facility may provide care for the animals at the site pursuant to a court order. Effective immediately.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Introduced (filed) — source
2. Engrossed (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Third Reading — 52–0 (pass) · upper
• Third Reading — 115–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Pamela J. Althoff — primary (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2015-02-20 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff filing
• 2015-02-20 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-02-20 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-03-11 Assigned to Agriculture referral-committee
• 2015-03-26 Do Pass Agriculture; 008-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-03-26 Placed on Calendar Order of 2nd Reading April 14, 2015
• 2015-04-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Filed with Secretary by Sen. Pamela J. Althoff amendment-introduction
• 2015-04-17 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Referred to Assignments referral-committee
• 2015-04-21 Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-04-21 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading April 22, 2015
• 2015-04-21 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Assignments Refers to Agriculture
• 2015-04-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Recommend Do Adopt Agriculture; 006-000-000
• 2015-04-22 Recalled to Second Reading reading-2
• 2015-04-22 Senate Floor Amendment No. 1 Adopted; Althoff amendment-passage
• 2015-04-22 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading
• 2015-04-22 Third Reading - Passed; 052-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-04-23 Arrived in House introduction
• 2015-04-23 Chief House Sponsor Rep. Jack D. Franks
• 2015-04-23 Added as Co-Sponsor Sen. David Koehler
• 2015-04-23 First Reading reading-1
• 2015-04-23 Referred to Rules Committee referral-committee
• 2015-05-04 Assigned to Agriculture & Conservation Committee referral-committee
• 2015-05-08 Committee Deadline Extended-Rule 9(b) May 15, 2015
• 2015-05-12 Do Pass / Short Debate Agriculture & Conservation Committee; 016-000-000 committee-passage
• 2015-05-13 Placed on Calendar 2nd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-18 Second Reading - Short Debate reading-2
• 2015-05-18 Placed on Calendar Order of 3rd Reading - Short Debate
• 2015-05-22 Final Action Deadline Extended-9(b) May 31, 2015
• 2015-05-28 Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 115-000-000 reading-3, passage
• 2015-05-28 Passed Both Houses
• 2015-06-26 Sent to the Governor executive-receipt
• 2015-08-07 Governor Approved executive-signature
• 2015-08-07 Effective Date January 1, 2016
• 2015-08-07 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 99-0321 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/fb2c14d7-4f94-4ff1-bcf7-c5bc785d2ea7. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Illinois legislature records).